The Insane Plan to Build a Bridge Between Russia and Alaska

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  • @Marv3Lthe1
    @Marv3Lthe1 5 лет назад +12182

    The construction workers should learn how to work in winter and in dark. thankfully Skillshare has a course for it.

    • @darnit1944
      @darnit1944 5 лет назад +486

      *angry engineers and economists are typing*

    • @dastork8548
      @dastork8548 5 лет назад +74

      Lol

    • @charleso5078
      @charleso5078 5 лет назад +30

      I de 666 like

    • @dastork8548
      @dastork8548 5 лет назад +30

      @@charleso5078holy shite

    • @chadmat761
      @chadmat761 5 лет назад +10

      You re such a kiss ass for dat heart

  • @NewbyTon
    @NewbyTon 5 лет назад +4497

    Alcohol in Alaska will never be the same if this happens

    • @blizzbee
      @blizzbee 5 лет назад +68

      🍻 🥂

    • @ToxicTubeAgario
      @ToxicTubeAgario 5 лет назад +48

      LMFAO

    • @msergio0293
      @msergio0293 5 лет назад +192

      Didn't a lot of tribes in Alaska have a lot of alcoholism problems?

    • @jennk7987
      @jennk7987 5 лет назад +6

      Lmao!

    • @mikespearwood3914
      @mikespearwood3914 5 лет назад +232

      @@msergio0293 lots of "tribes" seem to have alcohol problems: aborigines in Australia, maoris/Polynesians in New Zealand, and apparently native americans too. The problem is alcohol was a drug that is a large part of European culture, so when colonialism happened, these people have something new that is highly destructive, and not part of their natural culture.

  • @patbrennan6572
    @patbrennan6572 5 лет назад +4217

    a bridge that starts from nowhere and goes nowhere.. sounds like a government project to me.

    • @michaelstankowski4389
      @michaelstankowski4389 5 лет назад +80

      Ever heard of Virgin galctic? They got a spacecraft going nowhere. its a private company

    • @davidhollenshead4892
      @davidhollenshead4892 5 лет назад +40

      A Rail Bridge & Natural Gas Pipeline Is the real plan for Bering Straight Bridge, not a bridge for cars.
      So it would be a bridge to everywhere, as the connecting railway & pipeline are feasible....

    • @satisfiction
      @satisfiction 5 лет назад +11

      Look up the "Bridge to Nowhere" in Gainesville, GA.

    • @nolmets9397
      @nolmets9397 5 лет назад +4

      Haha

    • @avawelsh800
      @avawelsh800 5 лет назад +22

      It isn’t nowhere. It’s called Nome and a lot of people live there.

  • @weeznaw6353
    @weeznaw6353 3 года назад +145

    As a truck driver the idea of driving to Russia from Alaska sounds fun

  • @jrdiscgolf9888
    @jrdiscgolf9888 5 лет назад +2803

    I always see Russia and Alaska on the map an think:
    Do it.

    • @goodheavens1
      @goodheavens1 5 лет назад +12

      RH Disc Golf and* but also I agree

    • @khaslines2316
      @khaslines2316 5 лет назад +12

      Same

    • @Spino2Earth
      @Spino2Earth 5 лет назад +7

      I do too.

    • @zukunftverstehen
      @zukunftverstehen 5 лет назад +29

      I think that we're gonna do it, but first the political status have to don't cause any disputes, so it will be doable mostly, I think, if (or to say when :)) ) Alaska will be back in Russia, or became an independent country, and this is also possible I think. So hopefully, anyways I hope this territories from both sides will be more inhabited, and the bridge or tunnel will be built!
      Today (this day when I write this comment) Russia launches a railroad bridge to Crimea, it has been developed as project built till the end in just five years and a half! Just imagine - it took ONLY FIVE YEARS FROM ZERO to build a bridge that length a quarter (or a half if it will be built from both sides) like the bridge we need to build in Bering Strait. So this means - it's ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE to do it! And with our enthusiasm I think we'll see this bridge during our lifetime!

    • @blainecurtis2634
      @blainecurtis2634 4 года назад

      @@zukunftverstehen yasssss!!!

  • @CodyRushDriving
    @CodyRushDriving 4 года назад +1971

    "9000 miles of wear and tear on your car. Nobody does that."
    RV owners: Am I a joke to you?

    • @ninenumbersmusic8269
      @ninenumbersmusic8269 4 года назад +44

      If youre car lasts for 270,000 miles and you put 9000 miles on in 1 trip that is one thirtieth of your cars life. Unless your car is worth less than 12,000 dollars, the 400 dollar plane ticket would be cheaper

    • @CodyRushDriving
      @CodyRushDriving 4 года назад +104

      @@ninenumbersmusic8269 Sometimes the journey is more important than the speed.

    • @ninenumbersmusic8269
      @ninenumbersmusic8269 4 года назад +15

      @@CodyRushDriving In that case it would be a matter of how much the journey is personally worth to you

    • @simonkvien7766
      @simonkvien7766 4 года назад +70

      @@ninenumbersmusic8269 Since when is a road trip about reaching the destination lol

    • @Zamurkai
      @Zamurkai 4 года назад +17

      RLL: "Nobody does that."
      RV Gang: "Are you challenging me?"

  • @BrittanyCole
    @BrittanyCole 4 года назад +2593

    My brother drove from Pensacola, FL to the Arctic Circle in Alaska and back in about 4 weeks. For fun. So I wouldn't say "no one" would drive from NY to Alaska lol.

    • @harryhoudini1669
      @harryhoudini1669 3 года назад +13

      Very nice your Pensacola dear

    • @itsnotxer2684
      @itsnotxer2684 3 года назад +56

      @@zxcbayxz my guy played roblox

    • @catboy9066
      @catboy9066 3 года назад +8

      Pfft do it from key west or no Panama!

    • @capturethesky7199
      @capturethesky7199 3 года назад +7

      I want to try this from Orlando to Arctic Circle

    • @bastard342
      @bastard342 3 года назад +6

      Hes a weirdo lol

  • @theperfectspecimen2697
    @theperfectspecimen2697 3 года назад +32

    I've always been fascinated with this bridge ever since I read it in a story one time, it took place in the far future and ai was driving cars but I still love the idea that a long bridge would connect Alaska and Russia just because it would simply be cool.

  • @justmemes7909
    @justmemes7909 5 лет назад +4881

    If they did build a bridge mr beast would drive from Argentina to South Africa

    • @buddyblris3094
      @buddyblris3094 5 лет назад +130

      Lol good one 😂

    • @cg-hl3fi
      @cg-hl3fi 5 лет назад +798

      But there is no road connecting South America and North America because of the Darien Gap up between Panama and Colombia.

    • @БлагодаряРусский
      @БлагодаряРусский 5 лет назад +47

      That would be a good video

    • @Scott89878
      @Scott89878 5 лет назад +263

      You also can't drive from North America to South America either because there is a jungle area with no roads. Some did cross in a vehicle doing serious off roading shit, but it took them weeks to achieve. But if the Bering Strait bridge is not viable, then maybe making a path through the Darien Gap is a better challenge to tackle first.

    • @raze8892
      @raze8892 5 лет назад +47

      @@Scott89878 very risky too man, like you can be pulled up by some stupid cop and send you to jail for nothing.

  • @janNowa
    @janNowa 5 лет назад +931

    People: We can't build the bridge, it's too expensive and time consuming
    *Oil has entered the chat*

    • @teslacoils5881
      @teslacoils5881 5 лет назад

      Milla Saunders lol

    • @barneyrubble4293
      @barneyrubble4293 5 лет назад +7

      I cringed when he mentioned that....like can we just not...

    • @joeschizoid7762
      @joeschizoid7762 5 лет назад +15

      Americans: "This bridge isn't feasible."
      Putin: "Hold my vodka."

    • @rdsieben
      @rdsieben 5 лет назад +4

      There is a lot of private funds and investors who want to build this

    • @mattyiannielli2067
      @mattyiannielli2067 5 лет назад +11

      This New Bridge will benefit transcontinental logistics and vacations for millions of people around the world who want to save money on travel. It will also open up opportunities to find new discoveries of oil and fuel for cars as well as energy. It will also raise community values in Alaska and in Russia. It could even reopen the US and Russia’s alliance together and ultimately bring World Peace in the end. I will plan the project and hire thousands of workers to build the project and fund millions of dollars of government funding to finance the bridge for construction. I’m Matty Iannielli and I support this message.

  • @nickgehr6916
    @nickgehr6916 5 лет назад +3125

    Russia-Alaska Bridge: **exist*
    Internet: *drunk russian driver on bridge fail compilation*

    • @annoyingguyoninternet1631
      @annoyingguyoninternet1631 5 лет назад +152

      With hardbass

    • @jimmyireland6473
      @jimmyireland6473 5 лет назад +37

      After year's of building and just upon completion an ice berg flattens it 🙄😌

    • @wothin
      @wothin 5 лет назад +22

      Shitty title. It's either Russia usa Bridge or chukotka Alaska Bridge

    • @yja8500
      @yja8500 5 лет назад +10

      USA becomes crazy like russia

    • @wothin
      @wothin 5 лет назад +2

      @Jimbo Kimbo or that

  • @MrMrAzad
    @MrMrAzad 2 года назад +50

    i guess its safe to say this aint gonna happen any time soon

  • @razqanrazak
    @razqanrazak 5 лет назад +2931

    Can’t wait to use my Toyota Corolla on that bridge!

    • @agage00
      @agage00 5 лет назад +29

      M E T A
      E
      T
      A

    • @Stoneman39488
      @Stoneman39488 5 лет назад +10

      Shit

    • @remnant796
      @remnant796 5 лет назад +24

      M E T A
      E T
      T E
      A T E M

    • @Epsonea_482
      @Epsonea_482 5 лет назад +9

      M E T A
      E M A T
      T A E M
      A T M E

    • @artisanwolf2068
      @artisanwolf2068 5 лет назад +17

      You should get one of those old AE86 Corolla's like the one from Initial D, supe it up and Tokyo drift down the bridge.

  • @cappyjones
    @cappyjones 4 года назад +300

    I was stationed in Fairbanks Alaska in the early 90's with a guy from Miami. He got out of the Army, went home to Miami, loaded his Isuzu Trooper with car stereo equipment, drove back to Fairbanks and opened a car stereo installation shop.

  • @henriquek.7355
    @henriquek.7355 3 года назад +244

    "Nobody does that"
    Hipster-travelling-youtubers-vloggers: "hold my tripod"

    • @kieranSI
      @kieranSI 3 года назад

      Ok

    • @celestialtree8602
      @celestialtree8602 3 года назад

      pretty sure "nobody" doesn't mean literally nobody and more just means *almost* nobody

  • @vickidimi2972
    @vickidimi2972 3 года назад +14

    Driving from Miami to Cape Town may sound insane to the average person but to adventurers, it’s pure heaven!!!!

    • @vgmaster9
      @vgmaster9 2 года назад +1

      Imagine driving from Punta Arenas to Cape Town.

  • @davidstephens4639
    @davidstephens4639 5 лет назад +4614

    Trump: "Russia will pay for the bridge"

  • @zuko1569
    @zuko1569 5 лет назад +824

    Airplanes now: _reads title_
    (laughs in jet fuel)

  • @hijustacommenter10yearsand
    @hijustacommenter10yearsand 5 лет назад +1616

    Nobody:
    Mr Beast:*DRIVING FROM NEW YORK TO CAPETOWN IN 24 HOURS

    • @liamr3989
      @liamr3989 5 лет назад +12

      Hi Just a commenter where can I find this 🤓

    • @edvinisgaming3509
      @edvinisgaming3509 5 лет назад +16

      @@liamr3989 ...

    • @Cjnw
      @Cjnw 5 лет назад +5

      *NORMIE!*

    • @amityexe8326
      @amityexe8326 5 лет назад +4

      Yes this is why we need to build it

    • @vvincenttd8508
      @vvincenttd8508 5 лет назад +3

      Not even 24 hours😂

  • @birdofpassage9875
    @birdofpassage9875 3 года назад +31

    I like how it completely skirts the diplomatic challenges. It just about takes an existential threat for both of the involved countries to consider a group project of any magnitude.

    • @hurlaky43
      @hurlaky43 2 года назад

      The cooperate well enough with their space programs

    • @LoneWolf1493
      @LoneWolf1493 Год назад

      The video did float the idea of a pipeline. Maybe that would provide an incentive

  • @delbomb3131
    @delbomb3131 4 года назад +1624

    "nobody does that" meanwhile as a truck driver i drive 3000 to 4000 miles each and every week

    • @ImperialiZt
      @ImperialiZt 4 года назад +103

      Youre a good man

    • @ja9mz663
      @ja9mz663 4 года назад +21

      delbomb3131 I’ve been thinking about being a trucker but I’m concerned about pay.

    • @delbomb3131
      @delbomb3131 4 года назад +65

      @@ja9mz663 it's not bad, pending where you are and what you're willing to put into it. The first year is the worst, if you're east of i35 i recommend millis transfer, they've treated me well

    • @ja9mz663
      @ja9mz663 4 года назад +13

      Darius Chong I’m pretty sure if that happens a lot shells will hit the floor.

    • @unrelated1034
      @unrelated1034 4 года назад +16

      Tbh this bridge would increase trade between the Americas and Europe because you can just drive right through them without the need of planes

  • @cowboythebrother
    @cowboythebrother 3 года назад +238

    "Get ready to pack kids! We're driving to Africa!"
    *"Driving?"*

    • @PrussianMapping-w2j
      @PrussianMapping-w2j 3 года назад

      Lol 😆

    • @chalking2641
      @chalking2641 3 года назад +9

      pack, kids.* Commas are important :)

    • @Hans172.
      @Hans172. 3 года назад +2

      @@chalking2641 yes, in spanish that sounds, very weird

    • @kazi_19
      @kazi_19 3 года назад

      Get ready bois we have guests coming into our african continent

    • @zachpike1773
      @zachpike1773 3 года назад

      Plot twist:
      you live in Turkey and the kids are just spoiled

  • @Anonymos185
    @Anonymos185 4 года назад +1300

    "Nobody travels 9000 miles in car"
    Pffft... You have obviously never been dragged on a roadtrip by a russian mom to the neighbouring city

    • @IndustrialParrot2816
      @IndustrialParrot2816 4 года назад +42

      neither have but i have been driven across north america by my grandmother from seattle washington to elmira ontario

    • @bradleysmith9431
      @bradleysmith9431 4 года назад +12

      Have you driven across Texas!? Lol

    • @Anonymos185
      @Anonymos185 4 года назад +56

      @@bradleysmith9431 Texas is nothing compared to Russia in size. I live in Denmark, but my russian mom still insisted on a trip from there to the Ural Mountains.
      Texas ain't got nothing on that

    • @IndustrialParrot2816
      @IndustrialParrot2816 4 года назад

      @@Anonymos185 wow is that as far as the puget sound to the great lakes

    • @JoRgEChavez-to2xd
      @JoRgEChavez-to2xd 3 года назад +1

      @@Anonymos185 Texas is the size of Europe. Never underestimate the vastness of Texas.

  • @teniaru6692
    @teniaru6692 3 года назад +57

    I watched a national geographic film about this bridge. One thing they said is "it would basically connect nowhere to nowhere", and even if someday it is actually built then it would have to be really long to have any meaning, hence to actually connect two significant cities. And let's say that happened, it would be endless to drive through, and you'd have to make a long expensive network of gas stations and maintain all of them in the middle of nowhere, not to mention the never ending maintenance of the road, its safety and the actual bridge, all vulnerable to harsh arctic conditions. Maybe like a train railway can play a significant role in connecting the two massive continents via land, but apparently railways tend to be constructed after and in addition of existing roads. I just wonder if such a bridge or tunnel is economically lucrative to build in the first place.

    • @mcmurdostation7134
      @mcmurdostation7134 3 года назад +4

      If it’s there they would use it

    • @dhanvi-shah
      @dhanvi-shah 2 года назад

      If you need it for cargo maybe its worth it?

  • @GustafMedF
    @GustafMedF 5 лет назад +419

    Anti-coldwar intensifies.

    • @Dvidseidl
      @Dvidseidl 5 лет назад +40

      ultimate fight between drunk Russians and drunk Alaska natives intensifies.

    • @lucacrescente9022
      @lucacrescente9022 5 лет назад

      Neo-coldwar: am I a joke to you?

    • @chinadolls9424
      @chinadolls9424 5 лет назад +2

      make love no war. I a china girl, 19 year old, love peace

    • @FewVidsJustComments
      @FewVidsJustComments 7 месяцев назад

      @@chinadolls9424I agree. Everyone should be able to get along with each other, even if their governments don’t. Love and support from America 🇺🇸 🤝 🇨🇳

  • @ItsTheMunz
    @ItsTheMunz 4 года назад +1521

    Considering the very valid points you’ve made against building a bridge, I’m baffled the government hasn’t built it twice already.

    • @mihneaiordan1813
      @mihneaiordan1813 4 года назад +128

      It is also an absurd plan in the middle of nowhere, making gov funds easy to embezzle from it

    • @fpvangel4495
      @fpvangel4495 4 года назад +3

      Watch my channel, that is NOT Russia west of Alaska.

    • @valletas
      @valletas 3 года назад +29

      @@fpvangel4495 yea jimmy go back to sleep and stop with the theories for today

    • @fpvangel4495
      @fpvangel4495 3 года назад +2

      @@valletas Shhh princess, you are not ready for this.

    • @yasno915
      @yasno915 3 года назад +17

      @@fpvangel4495 Stop it, get some help.

  • @chef_miku
    @chef_miku 5 лет назад +845

    Traveler: *Crosses bridge*
    Bridge sign: *requires passport*
    Traveler: Ah shit, here we go again

    • @theovermind3307
      @theovermind3307 5 лет назад +21

      Why do people keep censoring their own comments are you fucking gay mate

    • @ReclaimTheMainland
      @ReclaimTheMainland 5 лет назад +3

      @@theovermind3307 lmao

    • @jeremywatson8894
      @jeremywatson8894 5 лет назад +4

      Heaven Rebelling Demon Slayer I don’t think politics has anything to do with it, so let’s not bring it up. Please chill.

    • @Savant_Ananya
      @Savant_Ananya 5 лет назад +2

      @@theovermind3307 I thinks it is more to do with ethics.

    • @chinadolls9424
      @chinadolls9424 5 лет назад +3

      vidoe man say no one will use but i think we china people will use. We like drive car and see world. I a china girl 19 year and want see the big world

  • @datguy3581
    @datguy3581 2 года назад +39

    Well considering recent events, this seems off the table now

    • @AirrEnthusiast
      @AirrEnthusiast 2 года назад +2

      Yeah

    • @salocasman
      @salocasman 2 года назад +2

      yep

    • @disunityholychaos7523
      @disunityholychaos7523 2 года назад +1

      not until a russian coup or break up
      i was making a alt history fanfic in my head of a successful democratic takeover with a semi rule transition like mcarthur on japan. my character wanting to fix the deplatformed republics, former putin supporters be fined and rehab, give reparations and justice for ukraine, georgia, chechnya, dagestan, finland,poland,etc, abolish the kleptocratic mafia security state system and seize/destroy oligarchs & criminal russian underworld.
      make public works (un-shithole housing, make sewers & toilets work again, revamp education system & history classes of all our atrocities be known, pension & help elderly, release political prisoners & un-exiled expats, make reforms to quarantine/clan up pollution on the mines like norilysk & vorkuta and regulated private businesses approved on r/workreform or antiwork)
      russian society deprogrammed, repressed neo-soviet putinisms and secularization of religion & state, plus in many of it's regions who had been impoverised have autonomy & promote new infrastructure till if healthy to have their own industry to survive on, make new voting platforms and try to fix the demographic problems and find ways how to bring back business & new global reputation as the world is alienated.
      how? start making bridges but to do that since russia is so vast need a modernized interstate highway like system and trains to link up Whole of Russia & Eurasia. then make bering strait bridge and the bridge on japan hoikkaido on the islands to vladivostok. goal is to revitalize the economy to make ongoing/loan for the rebuilding of ukraine and if lucky to have a marhall plan 2.0 funding by the UN. benefits of said bridges can knock out the reality of russians who led by their lives isolated/stereotyped the west, especially the US. we could welcome exchanges via american to japanese soft power, manpower, maybe promote programs to send immigrants, goods/trade very in need and have people rely on as kids could get enticed to be pro-west. many things i could add in my mind on reform and my democratic character tongue in check make good use of housing price of a rubble and universal healthcare too so some muricans can cross over for affordable treatment.
      yet all in all its fantasy aint it?

  • @bryancomlor1435
    @bryancomlor1435 5 лет назад +877

    If they build this bridge, Kim jong un can come to the US by rail!

    • @Murgablodazor69
      @Murgablodazor69 5 лет назад +4

      Bryan Bakkioui saving USA from commies here. Ima go build a statue

    • @TatiiiTati
      @TatiiiTati 5 лет назад +23

      Trump could simply build a great great wall

    • @hansjorgkunde3772
      @hansjorgkunde3772 5 лет назад +1

      There is no rail connection through Canada to Alaska....and the Alaska highway was build by the military in 1942 for strategic purposes.

    • @jamesyeung3286
      @jamesyeung3286 5 лет назад +9

      @@ninajefferson9743 you mental?

    • @JdDiehl
      @JdDiehl 5 лет назад +1

      Apple User 2 He does this because he fears that his plane will be hijacked by South Korean or American hackers or shot out of the sky by South Korean/American military forces.

  • @metadragon7500
    @metadragon7500 4 года назад +1055

    “There are two islands across the Bering Strait”
    3rd Island: ;(

    • @vladimirputin985
      @vladimirputin985 4 года назад +16

      Y e s

    • @penelopemurfitt6974
      @penelopemurfitt6974 4 года назад +8

      @Qing Empire Mapping Ask Stalin, not Putin

    • @LazyPictures
      @LazyPictures 4 года назад +2

      @Qing Empire Mapping Yes, but you will need visa to North Korea.

    • @fpvangel4495
      @fpvangel4495 4 года назад +3

      Watch my channel, that is NOT Russia west of Alaska.

    • @metadragon7500
      @metadragon7500 4 года назад +12

      Update: Turns out the “3rd island” is called Fairway Rock and isn’t considered part of the Diomede Islands.

  • @compleXcs21337
    @compleXcs21337 5 лет назад +542

    "Bro imagine if they would build a ladder to the moon" "Yeah would be insane"....Next Video on this channel: THE INSANE PLAN TO BUILD A LADDER TO THE MOON

    • @LibertyLocalizer
      @LibertyLocalizer 5 лет назад +41

      That is stupid.
      Were building a trebuchet.

    • @milster08
      @milster08 5 лет назад +23

      R 0 H A K who uses elevators anymore?
      Use a cannon

    • @artboycreations
      @artboycreations 5 лет назад +22

      @@milster08 seriously a cannon? Get your head out of the clouds!
      Were gonna have eagles carry us there!!!

    • @xveexgd323
      @xveexgd323 5 лет назад +8

      @@artboycreations eagles?! Ha! That's old... We are gonna:
      Use /flyme to go to moon

    • @callummellis3280
      @callummellis3280 5 лет назад +11

      @@xveexgd323 Damn you murdered that joke in cold blood

  • @philmartin9913
    @philmartin9913 2 года назад +3

    I used to work at the channel tunnel a few years back and I met an amazing 2 guys. a elderly father and his son. they were Australian and drove from their home in Perth Aus, took a boat through to mainland china then drove all way across the continent to the UK in a toyota land cruiser with a spray paint of their route on the hood of their car

  • @ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869
    @ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869 3 года назад +1045

    I’ve always wanted to go to Siberia. My Dad used to threaten to send me to Siberia if I kept acting up.
    He didn’t understand that that was the plan.

    • @josephmiele2277
      @josephmiele2277 3 года назад +22

      Hol' up

    • @amxagamer4120
      @amxagamer4120 3 года назад +15

      Wait what

    • @m1dn1ght_sun
      @m1dn1ght_sun 3 года назад +10

      Why do you want to go to Siberia?

    • @ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869
      @ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869 3 года назад +36

      @@m1dn1ght_sun To try and recreate the escape route from one of my favourite novels. It’s called ‘Last Of The Breed.’
      Plus I have always been fascinated with Kamchatka and Lake Baikal.

    • @baldeagle6531
      @baldeagle6531 3 года назад +21

      «Those who do not master science, master Siberia» - J. Stalin

  • @kpdanoob
    @kpdanoob 5 лет назад +442

    Even smarter way;build a 12000 mile bridge in the equator

  • @Professional_Dirtbag_Hippie
    @Professional_Dirtbag_Hippie 5 лет назад +352

    RLL: Nobody would drive across the straight even if you could
    Me: I'll do it

    • @jackson.denzler.
      @jackson.denzler. 5 лет назад +1

      Mitch O'Brien same

    • @evanddaigle
      @evanddaigle 5 лет назад +20

      Year long road trip from chile to south africa

    • @jackson.denzler.
      @jackson.denzler. 5 лет назад +1

      Team Canine it wouldn’t take a year

    • @evanddaigle
      @evanddaigle 5 лет назад +8

      Ninja69 yea but u would stop in different locations along the way

    • @jackson.denzler.
      @jackson.denzler. 5 лет назад +1

      Team Canine nah you would stop to sleep that’s it

  • @leewinstead917
    @leewinstead917 3 года назад +5

    The funny thing is that in1908there was an auro race between New York and Paris where the plan was to drive across the Bering Strait but since the race was in winter to make sure the strait was Frozen the normal snow kept them from getting to the Strait they wound up detouring back to Seattle and sailing to Vladivostok

  • @aroundandround
    @aroundandround 3 года назад +453

    Imagine driving all the way from Miami to the Bering Strait bridge and realizing you forgot your passport.

  • @LetsGoGetThem
    @LetsGoGetThem 5 лет назад +813

    Nobody:
    Mr Beast: Swimming to Russia

    • @firefish111
      @firefish111 5 лет назад +2

      What else?

    • @noobblanco1525
      @noobblanco1525 5 лет назад +15

      @@firefish111 walking to russia

    • @andy56duky
      @andy56duky 5 лет назад +31

      @@firefish111 yeeting to Russia

    • @firefish111
      @firefish111 5 лет назад +17

      @@andy56duky Ballet dancing to russia

    • @firefish111
      @firefish111 5 лет назад +11

      Memeing to russia,
      I could go on forever.

  • @HoennMaster
    @HoennMaster 5 лет назад +1641

    It will be called the Putin-Trump Friendship Bridge.

  • @Enrique-vs2po
    @Enrique-vs2po 3 года назад +7

    I think it would be successful, personally I prefer to drive than just take a plane… it’s actually fun to stop between towns, spend the night and then continue to the final destination.

  • @jesseturnip
    @jesseturnip 5 лет назад +494

    I drive from Florida this Alaska and back every year. I work in Alaska seasonally. Yeah it's 10 days 5500 miles one way, That's my commute.

    • @r-evan7098
      @r-evan7098 5 лет назад +35

      Why not fly?

    • @r-evan7098
      @r-evan7098 5 лет назад +50

      @@lauran3244 My cousin flys to Alaska every year. Seems like a waste of time and money to drive that far when a simple plane ticket will do

    • @atlasatc
      @atlasatc 5 лет назад +10

      @@r-evan7098 wasn't asking you lol

    • @jerry85g7
      @jerry85g7 5 лет назад +2

      10 days ain't that bad

    • @ilovelamp9585
      @ilovelamp9585 5 лет назад +4

      Which trucking company do you work for?

  • @tenvs10
    @tenvs10 3 года назад +125

    Person who lives in Norway: I’m gonna take a road trip!
    His friend: to where?
    Him: America

    • @user-cmcumm
      @user-cmcumm 3 года назад +10

      Welcome to S I B E R I A N R O A D S

    • @joemartin1253
      @joemartin1253 3 года назад

      You can't get into America that easy after all it is America.

    • @thenigerianprince7017
      @thenigerianprince7017 3 года назад +1

      If you think about it,if the bridge was built,you chould drive from the lowest part of South America,in Chile to the lowest part of Africa,South Africa.

    • @mgggg78897
      @mgggg78897 3 года назад

      Haha???

    • @ZlothZloth
      @ZlothZloth 3 года назад

      Good - not like all those boring trips to South Africa and South Korea that you've been taking!

  • @hououinkyouma9438
    @hououinkyouma9438 5 лет назад +571

    I can't believe you didn't mention the difficulty of building on permafrost.

    • @beans1215
      @beans1215 5 лет назад +50

      WOW ! unbelievable ! what a narrow-minded imbecile...

    • @FatTracksMusic
      @FatTracksMusic 5 лет назад +136

      Actually a very good point it's a whole different ball game

    • @kykykyykykyk2851
      @kykykyykykyk2851 5 лет назад +1

      Can you tl;dr me please?

    • @wildfiresnap
      @wildfiresnap 5 лет назад +33

      kykyky ykykyk permafrost will thaw from heat and cause trouble basically

    • @MaySpitfire
      @MaySpitfire 5 лет назад +9

      Better than building on bifrost I suppose

  • @ZachLeCroy
    @ZachLeCroy 2 года назад +3

    I've actually thought about them making a tunnel or bridge here before. Love this

  • @MrInstantRamen
    @MrInstantRamen 5 лет назад +659

    Next Mr. Beast video: "I Paid an Uber driver to drive from California to South Africa.."

    • @POLARTTYRTM
      @POLARTTYRTM 5 лет назад +74

      @a random person Did you just reply to yourself and proceed to write your own name in your reply? roflmao

    • @LordsOfSkulls
      @LordsOfSkulls 5 лет назад +1

      I do it, with certain restrictions. and i wont do it as Uber, I do it as Lyft driver, cause we much much nicer people, as a company, and as drivers go.

    • @AnonymousFreakYT
      @AnonymousFreakYT 5 лет назад +3

      If they then ever get the road across Panama/Columbia to connect North America to South America, it would be possible to drive between all populated continents except Australia. (No, Antarctica isn't really "populated.")

    • @Charles_Anthony
      @Charles_Anthony 5 лет назад

      They only charge 80 cents to a dollar a mile. Probably only $2000

    • @ztoronto5011
      @ztoronto5011 5 лет назад

      @@Charles_Anthony you're not serious 🤦

  • @KevAlberta
    @KevAlberta 4 года назад +128

    I once drove from Edmonton Alberta to the Grand Canyon and back in 8 days (3 days spent site seeing and not driving). 6,275km total. I love driving. I love seeing everything. I honestly could’ve kept driving.

    • @connormignault4748
      @connormignault4748 3 года назад +3

      this sounds absolutely breathtaking. i need to take a long ass road trip hahah. did you sleep in the car? rent a hotel?

    • @ThatGumGuy
      @ThatGumGuy 3 года назад +2

      Lucky

    • @KevAlberta
      @KevAlberta 3 года назад +1

      @@connormignault4748 motel

    • @KevAlberta
      @KevAlberta 3 года назад +1

      @@ThatGumGuy it was amazing

    • @TheGecko213
      @TheGecko213 3 года назад

      So bought a new SUV and drive it to USA and sell it back to the dealer . Cheaper then renting a car

  • @limeylime8027
    @limeylime8027 4 года назад +130

    Continents: move 1 foot away from each other
    Entire bridge: *guess I’ll die*

    • @meslahhh9896
      @meslahhh9896 3 года назад +3

      can pangea form again?

    • @mr_moon204
      @mr_moon204 3 года назад +2

      @@meslahhh9896 I don’t think so ):

    • @VitalVampyr
      @VitalVampyr 3 года назад +6

      Alaska is drifting towards Russia, not away from it.

    • @adamcolbenson5638
      @adamcolbenson5638 3 года назад

      They would have to build an earthquake proof bridge. I don't think we have the technology. Better option? The be-unnel.

    • @armyofninjas9055
      @armyofninjas9055 3 года назад

      @@adamcolbenson5638 Better option? Boat.

  • @paulburney7250
    @paulburney7250 2 года назад +3

    Buckminster Fuller (who invented the geodesic dome) suggested putting high voltage wires across the same route and connecting the electrical grids so they could be synchronized with each other. The engineers on their side provided a two word report on the idea. "Possible, Desirable" Of course nothing ever got done about it.

  • @bggamingdeluxe5658
    @bggamingdeluxe5658 5 лет назад +237

    True fact: They used skillshare to build bridges.

    • @TrajceVasilev
      @TrajceVasilev 5 лет назад +2

      Or Toyota Corolla's

    • @int-64
      @int-64 5 лет назад +1

      Curiosity Stream helped as well

    • @mr.commentboi3707
      @mr.commentboi3707 5 лет назад

      BGGAMING Deluxe Ive spotted you again

  • @FacterinoCommenterino
    @FacterinoCommenterino 5 лет назад +2919

    Today's fact: The state of Ohio gives out different colored license plates for those convicted of DUI.

    • @zlow159
      @zlow159 5 лет назад +86

      Facterino Commenterino what the fuck is DUI?

    • @the.abhiram.r
      @the.abhiram.r 5 лет назад +55

      how the fuc-

    • @casey653
      @casey653 5 лет назад +195

      @@zlow159 try drinking to it

    • @todaze7551
      @todaze7551 5 лет назад +242

      zlow driving under influence

    • @maltheIDM
      @maltheIDM 5 лет назад +149

      @@zlow159 Driving Under the Influence.
      Aka drunk driving

  • @kob6912
    @kob6912 5 лет назад +1016

    Top 3 reasons to stop global warming
    3. Netherlands will be gone
    2. We’ll die
    1. Alaskans need some communism

  • @winskypinsky
    @winskypinsky 3 года назад +2

    Could you imagine the diversity of road trip snacks? I love road trips. Build this!

  • @jaccoloos6612
    @jaccoloos6612 3 года назад +326

    As a dutch person I'd say that instead of a bridge we'd be better off building a dam and draining the pacific ocean.

  • @castsmith6783
    @castsmith6783 5 лет назад +163

    when the bridge/tunnel is built.
    breaking news: alaska suddenly starting doing HARDBASS

    • @based_mouse
      @based_mouse 5 лет назад +19

      The people of Alaska have begun squatting on walls, roofs, and any available elevated surface. This activity has become so popular in fact that deaths by drunk squatting in the area have overtaken drunk driving by 1028%, and they have even begun to grow a layer of Adidas over their skin. Before the bridge, they were able to communicate with one another as well as you or I - now, they are only able to speak in Hardbass. Like the cry of the wolf, they scream it from their perch, to assert their dominance. The bears have assumed control. The story continues at 5 - up next: Florida man found dead after telling friends he "jus wannedda fuck them gators" - witnesses say he was still wearing the alligator costume.

    • @justanothersam5708
      @justanothersam5708 5 лет назад +6

      Sara Kay you should be a news reporter

    • @based_mouse
      @based_mouse 5 лет назад

      @Pásha Bhái im confused :/ are you replying to OP or to my response, because if my response is problematic I can remove it. lmk

    • @based_mouse
      @based_mouse 5 лет назад +2

      @Pásha Bhái oof, that's good :) off topic, but i wish our countries could get along better. they have more in common than most people are willing to admit, and by cooperating we could accomplish much more than we do by fighting. it's such a sad situation ;-;

    • @based_mouse
      @based_mouse 5 лет назад

      @Pásha Bhái exactly! all this conflict is detrimental to everyone

  • @UglyPotato34
    @UglyPotato34 4 года назад +1230

    Flat Earthers: " *impossible* "

    • @adityaupadhyay6783
      @adityaupadhyay6783 4 года назад +17

      😂🤣

    • @ryhanzfx1641
      @ryhanzfx1641 4 года назад +6

      Lol

    • @ذاالنون-ض8ت
      @ذاالنون-ض8ت 4 года назад +17

      Yes exactly because of flat earth no bridge can be connected

    • @Akashic85
      @Akashic85 4 года назад +41

      Actually this is incorrect, since according to the flat earth society, the North Pole is the center of the world, and everything surrounding it, with the south being the end of the earth, similar to the UN map. This means you can do this without falling off technically according to flat earth theory

    • @zachpalmero1356
      @zachpalmero1356 4 года назад +10

      @@Akashic85 I wonder what they think is on the other side

  • @asterix7842
    @asterix7842 2 года назад +1

    I live in New Jersey. One of the items on my bucket list is to drive across the country without using any interstates. If I could stay on the road for months and visit every state (except Hawaii of course), that would be ideal. I would love to be able to drive to Europe, or even take a train.

  • @youngstermike6738
    @youngstermike6738 5 лет назад +313

    I am driving to Fairbanks Alaska in January and I am going from my house in New Jersey. So you cant say no one does it lol

    • @JonathanLong
      @JonathanLong 5 лет назад +26

      I literally left alaska and am currently in key west. Actually im going to California on the 16th. It definitely happens lol

    • @SquidwardTentacles-
      @SquidwardTentacles- 5 лет назад +20

      Youngster Mike my brother drove from anchorage to New Orleans in 4 days, he averaged like 18 hours of driving per day lol

    • @youngstermike6738
      @youngstermike6738 5 лет назад +2

      @@SquidwardTentacles- that is awesome that is what I like to hear since we are leaving in less than a month 👍I am excited

    • @MistressTarantula
      @MistressTarantula 5 лет назад +17

      My parents drove from Alaska to North Carolina. It took them two weeks because they had to stop frequently because my mother was pregnant with me.

    • @charliebrown6072
      @charliebrown6072 5 лет назад +2

      Youngster Mike My parents and I went to Alaska during summer. We drove from San Francisco to Fairbanks, and it took us about a week and a half to get there. We passed the mountains and there was fresh snow so we took an extra day to enjoy it :)

  • @power-on6596
    @power-on6596 5 лет назад +251

    Someone once had the insane idea to build a railway across Canada!

    • @Dagoroth55
      @Dagoroth55 5 лет назад +8

      Almost happened too.

    • @nutlover3609
      @nutlover3609 5 лет назад +11

      Wasn’t he a crazy drunk Scotsman?

    • @troyricker8923
      @troyricker8923 5 лет назад +5

      I hope they get there train

    • @power-on6596
      @power-on6596 5 лет назад +8

      @Владимир Новиков With one leg! Technically he hopped across.

    • @dayalasingh5853
      @dayalasingh5853 5 лет назад +1

      @Владимир Новиков well from Newfoundland to Hamilton. His cancer came back and he was hospitalized and passed away.

  • @tomk4484
    @tomk4484 3 года назад +148

    When I was young our family, living in Fairbanks,AK, took a 9 month road trip down through Canda, to lower 48 down through 30+ states. Covered about 23,000 miles. While in NY, we took a break from the RV and flew to Europe where we traveled in a rented car for 6 weeks.
    We would have definitely taken that bridge on a trip, had it been there.

    • @katvig1274
      @katvig1274 3 года назад +11

      what a wonderful trip !

    • @cHydrae
      @cHydrae 2 года назад +4

      just imagine using that bridge to go to work in russia every day

    • @romaniangamer1
      @romaniangamer1 2 года назад +1

      When was this, was the USSR still a thing?

    • @cloverfromdeltarune
      @cloverfromdeltarune 2 года назад +2

      @@romaniangamer1 Yes, as his other comments show that he was young in the early to mid 70z

    • @romaniangamer1
      @romaniangamer1 2 года назад

      @@cloverfromdeltarune oh wow

  • @kunalraut4585
    @kunalraut4585 3 года назад

    Your videos are my favorite. They cover Geography of all around the world and the content which is new. I can watch it anytime and endlessly. It's that much interesting.

  • @vikingsbuckeyesfan
    @vikingsbuckeyesfan 4 года назад +66

    Imagine people when they go from Alaska to Russia and they notice the time zone difference. 😂😂😂

  • @musicbox8351
    @musicbox8351 5 лет назад +232

    USA 1969 the Russians are building missals hide under your desks
    USA 2019 the Russians are building bridges to Alaska lets go camping

  • @Pitwulf
    @Pitwulf 5 лет назад +504

    RLL: "Or on the very extreme end, from Miama to Cape Town"
    All of South America: "Am I a joke to you?"

    • @Nese
      @Nese 5 лет назад +22

      AND Central America

    • @Pitwulf
      @Pitwulf 5 лет назад +66

      @Kyle Huo you're right, thanks. But still Panama is 3 thousand km further than Miami

    • @freddyp319
      @freddyp319 5 лет назад +19

      It's a tiny swamp. You can have a ferry take your car to land as you walk over the swamp. Problem solved

    • @johnnyawful5120
      @johnnyawful5120 5 лет назад +25

      you can't go through the panama jungle.

    • @Bendzsu
      @Bendzsu 5 лет назад +4

      @@freddyp319 its not driving lol

  • @fatimasfoodsynthesis1311
    @fatimasfoodsynthesis1311 2 года назад +2

    Nice information

  • @Flagfalls
    @Flagfalls 5 лет назад +329

    After the second part of the video is finished, explaining the uselessness and impossibility of the Bering Strait Bridge:
    China: "Hold my beer".

    • @WizardTrixx
      @WizardTrixx 5 лет назад

      Flagfalls that’s exactly what I was thinking lol

    • @Brick-Life
      @Brick-Life 5 лет назад +9

      *Hold my tea

    • @nb5437
      @nb5437 5 лет назад +8

      Brick Life *hold my opium

    • @lopez7947
      @lopez7947 5 лет назад +1

      *Hold my rice wine

    • @hobbitluck
      @hobbitluck 4 года назад +1

      Eh, he didn’t spend a lot of dialogue on it. But connecting the US to Russia could make trillions in reduced freight costs. It would pay for itself. The biggest hurdle seems to be the undeveloped land in Siberia.

  • @omhangrai4550
    @omhangrai4550 5 лет назад +986

    Let’s built a high-speed rail instead of road infrastructure

    • @kasenratliff1832
      @kasenratliff1832 4 года назад +50

      we in alaska need that. Car is faster and cheaper around here.

    • @kumardigvijaymishra5945
      @kumardigvijaymishra5945 4 года назад +47

      That should be the right approach. Airlines may not agree for fear of losing profit.

    • @kasenratliff1832
      @kasenratliff1832 4 года назад +8

      @@kumardigvijaymishra5945 Well, obviously

    • @kumardigvijaymishra5945
      @kumardigvijaymishra5945 4 года назад +18

      @The War Gamer Same in Japan. The trains are much nicer.

    • @kumardigvijaymishra5945
      @kumardigvijaymishra5945 4 года назад +2

      @The War Gamer Yeah. I like the speed of trains in Japan.

  • @gregorworkout7621
    @gregorworkout7621 5 лет назад +301

    A Toyota Corolla must be the first car passing this bridge

    • @jungle6815
      @jungle6815 5 лет назад +3

      No T14 armata

    • @thedamntrain
      @thedamntrain 5 лет назад +11

      Russian bear should be the first passing this bridge

    • @gregorworkout7621
      @gregorworkout7621 5 лет назад +25

      @@thedamntrain Or better a russian bear driving a Toyota Corolla

    • @subscriberswithoutvideos-hm7mq
      @subscriberswithoutvideos-hm7mq 5 лет назад

      T14 armata is not a car....

    • @vire559
      @vire559 5 лет назад +4

      @John Smith
      The most sold car in the world and the most long lasting car with a lot of spare part

  • @robinschulz458
    @robinschulz458 2 года назад +1

    This would actually be a great Trade route for Trains and Trucks

  • @progamertwo-oh-oh-one890
    @progamertwo-oh-oh-one890 4 года назад +604

    Would probably still be faster constructed than the new airport in Berlin.

    • @hernimaniak2379
      @hernimaniak2379 4 года назад +38

      We still havent built a highway from Bratislava to Košice in 40 years here in slovakia

    • @Kheirakhi
      @Kheirakhi 4 года назад +4

      hernimaniak hahahahhah every year I drive to turkey I get mad because of this roads 😂😂😂

    • @dairebeare7839
      @dairebeare7839 3 года назад +6

      Or the new children’s hospital in Ireland. Look that up if you need a good laugh at incompetent planning.

    • @flupsdarups3897
      @flupsdarups3897 3 года назад

      Lmaooo

    • @archimedes2261
      @archimedes2261 3 года назад +3

      The roads in this video are too crisp don’t think their North American we don’t do roads right 😁

  • @ultimatechickenhorsesweat2614
    @ultimatechickenhorsesweat2614 5 лет назад +92

    It would be interesting if something like a super fast train crossed this and connected LA - Seoul/Tokyo/Moscow etc.

    • @huuvannguyen4656
      @huuvannguyen4656 5 лет назад

      SaucePlayz - The Original Nyan Roscoe they could have gone through China

    • @jscorpio1987
      @jscorpio1987 5 лет назад +3

      Danny Leche Man you’re cute but not the brightest crayon in the box lol

    • @brandonwaugh5109
      @brandonwaugh5109 5 лет назад +3

      @@sauceplayz8606 LA➡️Seattle➡️Anchorage➡️Tokyo➡️Seoul➡️Beijing➡️Moscow. Bridges across the Bering Strait, Sea of Japan and Yellow Sea and would never need to cross into North Korea

    • @travelleryu
      @travelleryu 5 лет назад +2

      @@sauceplayz8606 Sakhalin also exists

    • @dosmundos3830
      @dosmundos3830 5 лет назад

      You couldn't connect Seoul or Tokyo by bridge, it's a lot farther, deeper and way more ship traffic.

  • @Daniel-ht4wr
    @Daniel-ht4wr 5 лет назад +292

    Mexico will pay for the bridge, make Beringia great again

  • @roscoehilton7727
    @roscoehilton7727 2 года назад +2

    Ice Flows - making "bridge construction" difficult! Also, a Tunnel has actually been a proposal too. Chukotka an "Autonomous Region" needs an additional Border Area permit as well for outsiders, especially non-Russians. The US and Russia are less amicable with each other recently!

  • @raz0229
    @raz0229 5 лет назад +198

    Russia, be like: _When we said 'Connecting People', we meant it!_

    • @mdkcjtl5523
      @mdkcjtl5523 5 лет назад +7

      The USA and Russia are only 51 miles apart how insane 😂👍🏻

    • @DlcEnergy
      @DlcEnergy 5 лет назад +1

      Aero obviously. did you think earth was flat this whole time? that it's a long way to the east side of the map? lol

    • @kendicus7640
      @kendicus7640 5 лет назад +1

      *Anschluss*

    • @DlcEnergy
      @DlcEnergy 5 лет назад

      Aero you came under a comment with "how insane 😂👍🏻" at how close they are which would make it seem you didn't know they were even close at all. cause if you did, ooh, the exact milage, woooow, insane. what? so now you're bringing up your atheism. how insane you ask? very 😂👍🏻 aaaah it's shorter than you realized! 😂👍🏻

    • @maxstone2380
      @maxstone2380 5 лет назад +1

      @@DlcEnergy What the fuck are you saying? It sounds like you are triggered.

  • @northseahero3387
    @northseahero3387 4 года назад +288

    I guess you could say the bridge project is in
    「Dire Straits」

  • @Jimm926
    @Jimm926 5 лет назад +53

    *Sees Beringia part*
    Bill Wurtz: Wait, you could walk over here? Cool.
    Also Bill Wurtz: *Not Anymore* 🎵🎵🎵

  • @Nellosphere
    @Nellosphere Год назад +1

    "If you build it they will come." Just because something isn't currently in existence doesn't mean it should never exist.

  • @KMovieGroupInt
    @KMovieGroupInt 5 лет назад +111

    Wrote my term paper in 11th grade about this. Absolutely awesome topic!

    • @mohamedmahadi3607
      @mohamedmahadi3607 5 лет назад

      Class 11?

    • @KMovieGroupInt
      @KMovieGroupInt 5 лет назад

      @@mohamedmahadi3607 eleventh grade sorry

    • @fitmotheyap
      @fitmotheyap 5 лет назад

      @@KMovieGroupInt 11th?! wtf what country are you in we only have 9

    • @mememaster9393
      @mememaster9393 5 лет назад

      Fitmo GMC america

    • @Blackpearl-gj4cm
      @Blackpearl-gj4cm 5 лет назад

      @@mememaster9393 We split grade school between primary and secondary.

  • @checkmyplaylist6879
    @checkmyplaylist6879 5 лет назад +86

    If we burn the earth, the water will evaporate, meaning the Bering Bridge will come back

    • @beserk7752
      @beserk7752 5 лет назад +6

      Globalwarming wants to know your location

    • @bremnersghost948
      @bremnersghost948 5 лет назад

      Or use Solar power to run Desalination Plants, providing fresh Water for Irrigation and Drinking in Dry Countries, enough of them along all the hot Countries Coastlines would eventually lower Sea levels, maybe even faster than ice melts, plus Salt for sale too

  • @echoplots8058
    @echoplots8058 4 года назад +162

    "Your scientists were so preoccupied with asking themselves whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should"

    • @Tarquinthetyrant
      @Tarquinthetyrant 4 года назад +3

      lol

    • @fpvangel4495
      @fpvangel4495 4 года назад

      Watch my channel, that is NOT Russia west of Alaska.

    • @derrickcox4233
      @derrickcox4233 3 года назад +2

      And while we are at it...let's play around with mutating viruses and see what happens to exposed populations.

    • @felipea1399
      @felipea1399 3 года назад +3

      @@fpvangel4495 Or maybe... you are just a conspiracy theorist with 0 credibility?

    • @fpvangel4495
      @fpvangel4495 3 года назад

      @@felipea1399 Debunk me princess.

  • @augusthoyt8447
    @augusthoyt8447 3 года назад +1

    There is actually more highway in Alaska that you showed, highway 11 connects the suburbs of Fairbanks to northern Alaska. But it’s very small.

  • @IamJay
    @IamJay 5 лет назад +61

    That bridge will be made possible using Skillshare.

    • @ThresholdGaming
      @ThresholdGaming 5 лет назад +1

      nope, it won't.

    • @BluE68_
      @BluE68_ 5 лет назад +1

      @Threshold I agree

    • @firefish111
      @firefish111 5 лет назад

      Squarespace/Skillshare don't have *that* many dollars.

  • @MrReese
    @MrReese 3 года назад +278

    It's actually crazy that basically nobody lives at these very interesting places on both sides.

  • @NewbyTon
    @NewbyTon 5 лет назад +252

    *We will build a **-wall-** bridge, and it will be a great **-wall-** bridge*

  • @Joy3269
    @Joy3269 3 года назад

    Very Nice Video. All.should watch & appreciate.

  • @lhaviland8602
    @lhaviland8602 5 лет назад +68

    RLL: "Fairbanks, the northernmost part of the Alaskan highway system."
    Deadhorse: "Am I a joke to you?"

    • @scipioafricanus5871
      @scipioafricanus5871 5 лет назад +8

      That is an old joke, but please keep flogging a Deadhorse.

    • @beyerdr
      @beyerdr 5 лет назад +1

      im glad someone else said it lol

  • @harikishore2514
    @harikishore2514 5 лет назад +123

    *Alaska and Russia constructed the bridge*
    Russian drivers: *It's free real estate.*

    • @talontorres2911
      @talontorres2911 5 лет назад +2

      hari_kishore doing donuts in the middle of Alaska 😂😂

    • @thiccchungo1041
      @thiccchungo1041 5 лет назад

      I can imagine a Russian car drifting around, hitting the side, and toppling off while the driver screams, BLYATT!

  • @kugrak7867
    @kugrak7867 3 года назад +29

    Your map of Alaska's highways lacks the Dalton Highway which goes from Prudhoe Bay to Fairbanks. On top of that they are also building a road from said highway to Ambler Alaska. It's not that much further out from there to the Seward Peninsula.

  • @NSB25445
    @NSB25445 2 года назад +9

    So yeah, that won't be happening.

  • @hikaru-live
    @hikaru-live 4 года назад +157

    The Bering Strait Bridge, if ever built, would very likely be a 4-track railway bridge, with two high-speed tracks for passengers, and two heavy duty tracks for freight traffic.

    • @eddieschwab864
      @eddieschwab864 3 года назад +6

      Oh I'm sure it would likely also involve a roadway bridge for cars or trucks because while it's impractical at this current stage in the long run you build something the demand will rise up to meet it. Commercial truck traffic that would expedite the movement of freight as well as freight trains not to mention curious people that don't care how many miles they put on their car seeking to travel. If I had a few months of time to kill and money to do it I would love to make a trip from my hometown all the way to Moscow or to London or Berlin and Back Again

    • @MrToradragon
      @MrToradragon 3 года назад +3

      Who in their right mind would build bridge that would restrict height of ships using arctic rout and that would be subject of weather if they could just bore tunnels? Anyhow if it is some 82km of route tracks for some 200-230kmph should suffice and accommodate both freight and passenger trains. Greater issue would be difference in gauge and in structural gauges of Russia and USA. It would make more sense to bore 4 tubes, two for 1435mm and two for 1520mm with stations for both gauges and for goods transfer on both sides. Sure there is possibility of using gauntlet tracks, but that would only increase bore of tunnels as those gauges are too close to be used in 3 rail arrangement like standard and metre or 760mm gauges can be and require 4 rail configuration with significant offset of rails in order to have turnouts and so.

    • @hikaru-live
      @hikaru-live 3 года назад +2

      @@MrToradragon That facility would likely be using only 1435mm gauge since for all countries that intend to use this (US, Russia, Canada and China) only Russia does not use the standard gauge. The land portion in Russia would likely be gauntlet track to accomodate both native Russian trains and passing-by trains to China. There are existing gauntlet tracks from NE China to Russian Far East already, and those tracks can be extended to serve the western end of the crossing.

    • @hikaru-live
      @hikaru-live 3 года назад +2

      @@MrToradragon As of tunnels, it is harder for tunnels to negotiate the fault lines. However given how Chinese built the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge, this can be a mixed tunnel-bridge project with tunnels crossing the geographically stable areas, bridges crossing the faults and constructed islands serving as both bridge-tunnel connection points, rescue platforms and potential border crossing checkpoints.

    • @beringstraitrailway
      @beringstraitrailway 2 года назад

      The advantage to building a bridge instead of tunnels is speed of construction. Boring tunnels can be a very slow process, with a limited work surface area. A bridge can be built faster because multiple ships can been constructing piers, towers, and spans at the same time. Work on the bridge during the months when the sea is most calm.

  • @ryanm.191
    @ryanm.191 5 лет назад +49

    Only 11,000 years ago
    And it’s changed to the world in which we live now
    That’s absolutely nothing on the time scale of the face of the earth changing

    • @fredlawson1507
      @fredlawson1507 5 лет назад +3

      Ryan M. It was after the ice age ended, causing sea levels to rise - still mad to think about!

  • @alex_gaimar
    @alex_gaimar 5 лет назад +35

    It's much more sensible to build a railway which would transport mostly cargo. Operating a cargo railway is more efficient than anything else, however you would need to invest first. And I think, recently there were more talks about building a tunnel rather than bridges, which makes sense because the strait is important for ships of any height to pass it.

    • @PongoXBongo
      @PongoXBongo 5 лет назад +3

      And, if history is anything to go by, utilitarian towns should start popping up along the railway to service the trains, provide food, housing, and entertainment for workers, etc. As those populations grow, passenger transport will come as a natural side-effect. It'll be like a frozen version of the Wild West. ;)

    • @jenimarai1906
      @jenimarai1906 5 лет назад

      China Will Be like ONE BELT ONE CHINA USA from Russia.

    • @booketoiles1600
      @booketoiles1600 5 лет назад

      @@PongoXBongo Oh yeah, remember that good old conquest of the west where the train was the first weapon in stealing Native Land.

    • @PongoXBongo
      @PongoXBongo 5 лет назад +1

      @@booketoiles1600 Hey now, I didn't say it was a _good_ thing. I just said was a thing. Besides, there's not a lot of people to conquer up in Alaska and Siberia.

    • @booketoiles1600
      @booketoiles1600 5 лет назад

      @@PongoXBongo there's lots of land that is more or less untouched and should be protected

  • @yourpunishment4313
    @yourpunishment4313 3 года назад +2

    Americans, you are so funny. Did you know that in Chukotka, where you want to build a bridge, there is not even a railway? There are almost no hotels in these places. If your car suddenly gets in the way, it's good if you survive in the cold and alone, because even calling rescuers can be a problem if you don't have a network. This region is still very poorly developed. There are few people there, and before building a bridge, it is necessary that there be a place for its construction, so that at least it does not fall apart from uselessness.

  • @BluE68_
    @BluE68_ 5 лет назад +138

    3:48 RealLifeLore: Nobody does that.
    MrBeast: That’s my cue.

    • @spaghettigod1794
      @spaghettigod1794 5 лет назад +2

      He’s not that rich

    • @swegkilla2015
      @swegkilla2015 5 лет назад +8

      Spaghetti God yes he is

    • @faizan101010
      @faizan101010 5 лет назад +3

      I would happily do that. Will stop at various locations along the way. It would be a fun Trip

    • @mikehurt3290
      @mikehurt3290 5 лет назад

      I was thinking that trip sounded like a Top Gear or Grand Tour special

    • @GAMINGBAUS8703
      @GAMINGBAUS8703 5 лет назад

      @@spaghettigod1794 how about now?

  • @breadbox1081
    @breadbox1081 5 лет назад +63

    _this is why planes were invented_

  • @kinglee4421
    @kinglee4421 5 лет назад +107

    Dude.
    I'd get to drive to russia, that sounds amazing.

    • @Johansen1000
      @Johansen1000 3 года назад +4

      Just remember to have your papers in order, Russia no not take kindly to people crossing their border illegally.

    • @thomasmorine4549
      @thomasmorine4549 3 года назад +2

      @@Johansen1000 and they aren’t the closest countries in terms of their relationship so it politically doesn’t make sense

    • @CarRevvedGaming
      @CarRevvedGaming 3 года назад +1

      Ye it would be possible to drive from Argentina to Russia or Asia

    • @noland5345
      @noland5345 3 года назад

      It would be a great investment for both countries just with trading and info structure that would be made would pay for itself

    • @Johansen1000
      @Johansen1000 3 года назад

      @@noland5345 You do know that Washington literally want's war with Russia, why do you think your MSM push so much anti Russia information, they don't want some happy trading partner, they want to financially destroy Russia.

  • @jeclisstai8152
    @jeclisstai8152 3 года назад +1

    him : "its entirely possible for you to drive from new york to alaska"
    me actually living in Paris without car : "hmmm"

  • @jschackmann2
    @jschackmann2 5 лет назад +76

    “9,000 miles on your vehicle No one does that” are you sure about that bud

    • @yadonious5005
      @yadonious5005 5 лет назад +10

      He meant in one trip dumbass

    • @fidelcatsro6948
      @fidelcatsro6948 5 лет назад +3

      my moped runs 1000miles a month... wont be a big problem at all!

    • @creedson43
      @creedson43 5 лет назад

      Beast

    • @joeblast8004
      @joeblast8004 5 лет назад

      You stupid AsF. It's in one trip, genius, and by genius, I mean dumbass.

    • @JennHayden
      @JennHayden 5 лет назад

      @@yadonious5005 drug dealers on Gangland beg to differ.

  • @jaskopdx6342
    @jaskopdx6342 5 лет назад +46

    Actually if you took the flight to Alaska instead of driving all the way to it then once you get the Alaska you could rent a car and drive over the bridge

  • @zachgianikos9543
    @zachgianikos9543 4 года назад +76

    "The area is by the straight is inhabited."
    Wales, AK: Am I a joke to you?

    • @noland5345
      @noland5345 3 года назад

      People that live on the diamond island😂

    • @noland5345
      @noland5345 3 года назад +1

      @Sara Glenton Wales reserve on the point of Alaska. Google maps it😂

    • @TheCupOf
      @TheCupOf 3 года назад +2

      Laughing on the way to one of the two "stores" or to the school.

    • @ant9072
      @ant9072 3 года назад +2

      I've been to whales. Just the store there. Western most point in the state.

    • @Sammykyt
      @Sammykyt 3 года назад

      Lol

  • @josemelendezviana6655
    @josemelendezviana6655 3 года назад

    I drove from Clarksville TN to Fairbanks AK in 2015 and then from Fairbanks AK to Tampa FL in 2019. My car is all good lol best road trip I have ever done!